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Dear A. Winter-Billington

Please find attached the response from Hon Tim Groser, Minister of Trade, to your OIA request.

Yours sincerely

Bibiana Marsh
Office of Hon Tim Groser
Minister of Trade | Minister for Climate Change Issues
Parliament Buildings | Private Bag 18041 | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: A. Winter-Billington [mailto:[OIA #2271 email]]
Sent: Friday, 5 December 2014 4:36 p.m.
To: T Groser (MIN)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Full text of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)

Dear Minister of Trade,

Please email me a scanned copy or pdf of the full text of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), or release is to the New Zealand media. Every word of the text of the document as it stands today.

I do not support closed door negotiations at the best of times. It is elitist, as though you think that we, the people are unqualified to judge the merits or real significance of what is on the table. In this case it is worse than normal, since there are indications that the TPPA could restrict New Zealanders' personal freedoms and erode the separation of state and corporation. It is my future you are dealing with behind those closed doors and the more you resist opening them the less I trust you with it.

Yours faithfully,

A. Winter-Billington

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